[General] Recommended Fanfiction

Estrecca

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Aaaand done.

Some last few things to check out and corrections to make, but I am done with the linklist for this thread. Should be able to post it in a few hours, if all goes well, although maybe I'll take it to the Big List thread instead.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
I had always wondered why you would post your combined results for a thread in that same thread, as it would contaminate the results and make depending on methods future collating efforts harder.

But that matters little to me either way since I use a different process.
 

Estrecca

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PCHeintz72 said:
I had always wondered why you would post your combined results for a thread in that same thread, as it would contaminate the results and make depending on methods future collating efforts harder.
I generally put the final results in this thread and its various mirrors across the Internet. Centralization is convenient, at least in this.

EDIT: Do you mind if I use the summaries you gave me in one of our PMs concerning several of the "lost tales"?
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
Estrecca said:
PCHeintz72 said:
I had always wondered why you would post your combined results for a thread in that same thread, as it would contaminate the results and make depending on methods future collating efforts harder.
I generally put the final results in this thread and its various mirrors across the Internet. Centralization is convenient, at least in this.

EDIT: Do you mind if I use the summaries you gave me in one of our PMs concerning several of the "lost tales"?
Remove the notations of 'I', like 'I downloaded', and 'my', like 'my copy'. otherwise I don't think I have any real issue with those descriptions....

Also looking at the email, I somehow mucked up my quotes for the Tsukihime story I gave a comment on... make sure you have that information correct...
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
FYI: For those interested I have taken several update and recommendation threads on the SpaceBattles forum and turned them into reports using my own system.

Unless the Moderators there decide to delete the thread, the files can be found at Fukufics at the below thread:

PCHeintz72's List Side Projects 06-28-2014 - SpaceBattles
- [Direct] http://www.fukufics.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=7983

Note this in no way detracts from Estrecca's own efforts to do something very similar as we have taken differing approaches to how they are being done. The results *will* differ.

Oh, and note for those more used to the SpaceBattles format of representing links rather than my own, I suggest the Linked List version of the BB2 formatted file in a TXT editor. It is not identical, but on stories with metadata, it is the closest.
 

Estrecca

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Okay, I've posted the compilated list in Spacebattles (it is much more convenient than TFF for this, because it has no post size limits issues). I'll repost it at some point in the future, but in case there is anyone interested in checking this at the moment, use these links.

The Fanfiction Forum's [General] Recommended Fanfiction. Archives/authors/stories.
Post 211. Archive and author recommendations.
Post 212. From 1984 to Bakemonogatari.
Post 213. From Bastard!!! to Breath of Fire.
Post 214. From Brimstone to Devil May Cry.
Post 215. From Diablo to Evangelion.
Post 216. From Exalted to Firefly.
Post 217. From Full Metal Alchemist to Harry Potter.
Post 218. From Haruhi Suzumiya to Lord of the Rings.
Post 219. From Love Hina to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Post 220. From Nadesico to Naruto.
Post 221. From NCIS to Powerpuff Girls.
Post 222. From Power Rangers to Rurouni Kenshin.
Post 223. From Sailor Moon to Star Wars.
Post 224. From Strawberry Marshmallow to Type Moon - Tsukihime.
Post 225. From Underworld to Zoids.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
Odds and ends
Also, a special tanks to PCHeintz72, who helped me get this moving after a bunch of months with this effectively in hiatus.
Thanks

Give Kami-Sama A Break [OMG]
By Yebisu.
Content unknown. Removed from FFN in 2001-2002.
4 chapters, 81kb in size, last updated to my knowledge 12/2001. Sort of a spam fic, but fairly large for one. Basically, god gets fed up with the administrative duties of Heaven and the brown nosers... and decides he needs a vacation. The location, the Morisato home. So Keiichi has to deal with a strung out god, and gets a good number or his preconceptions destroyed in doing so.

I Love You [NGE]
By Shekron Kaizar (FF Id: 760687)
Shinji/Misato pairing, apparently. Otherwise, content unknown.
25 chapters, 490kb in size, technically complete, last updated 2007. It is Shinji/Misato. Starts to diverge from the elevator scene at the end of the TV series where she kisses him.


Jog On [NGE]
By Lord Raa
Content unknown.
one shot, starts with Shinji getting yelled at by a teacher upon his learning Shinjis answer to a question regarding his career prospects was 'I don't care'. This motivated him to not respond to his fathers letter to come to Tokyo 3, and to further respond to Misato to stop contacting him. So they use a stun gun and kidnap him. Then prevent him from attempting to leave after the 1st battle. He tells them if they get rid of his father he will pilot. They try to convince him they did but it fails...


The Children's Crusade: Oceans of Darkness [NGE]
By The Seldon Planner/IA Seldon.
Content unknown.
Another author that likes to keep revising and redoing and taking down his stories. This and his similar style 'Eternities Wars' both had multiple versions.
- Currently, 'The Children's Crusade' is 3 chapters and some 188kb
- Original version was 4 arcs, 550kb, and 38 chapters
- The NGE 'The Children's Crusade Oceans of Darkness' was a different aborted rewrite was 4 chapters and 227kb.
- 'Eternities Wars Original' was 19 chapters and 432kb
- 'Eternities Wars Rewrite' was 42 chapters and 1.25mb
 

FinalMax

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Yeah, Seldon is one of those guys I think kinda went off the deep end at one point. Used to hang around the Evamade site for a while, and Alexei (one of the other Evamade regulars) was one of his closest collaborators.

I think at one point, Seldon wanted to outright remove the slight Evangelion elements from Eternities Wars and turn it into a commercial novel. Honestly, things were too incoherent for me to believe a publisher would buy it.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
FinalMax said:
Yeah, Seldon is one of those guys I think kinda went off the deep end at one point. Used to hang around the Evamade site for a while, and Alexei (one of the other Evamade regulars) was one of his closest collaborators.

I think at one point, Seldon wanted to outright remove the slight Evangelion elements from Eternities Wars and turn it into a commercial novel. Honestly, things were too incoherent for me to believe a publisher would buy it.
Pretty sure you are right. I remember him having a long rant about the eva community inside his profile for a while as well.

It was a shame, as I was following with some interest both the above stories, partially because he was one of only a few authors to really do a long and decent quality extreme AU that was still an enjoyable read. I was most frustrated when he would take them down then later post up only a partial redo.

They were not by any means a lighthearted read, they were pretty much borderline if not true horror in content.

For those not in the know... He originally went by 'The Seldon Planner', changing it to IA Seldon later. So you may not recognize him under the newer name.
 

alansg

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Seeing the dates of the fics I recommended makes me feel really old...
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
Well... I would put this somewhere else but I cannot really figure out a better place for it.

I've been reading a downloaded copy of the 11/28/2012 version of Task Force 43 that was over on SpaceBattles. The version with a disclaimer / background / prologue / 75 main chapters / 4 draft chapters / 1 fact file with starship and personnel stats / 5 image files / 687,000+ words long. I'm not reading the new 2014 version at 20+ chapters.

Most impressive, currently I've read up to about chapter 43.

Here is a raw dump of the simulated metadata file.

Story: Task Force 43
Storylink: http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/task-force-43-story-only.156439/
Category: Babylon 5 and StarTrek: Other Crossovers
Genre: Sci-Fi/Suspense
Author: Zcenicx
Authorlink: http://forums.spacebattles.com/members/zcenicx.15057/
Last updated: 11/28/2012
Words: 687,592
Rating: T
Status: In Progress
Content: Chapter 1 to 80 of 80 chapters
Source: SpaceBattles.COM
Summary: TF43 is a larger-than-usual-scale crossover between post-Nemesis Star Trek and Babylon 5. There is also direct theft of ideas from other Sci-Fi universes, among others Andromeda, Stargate, nBSG, Gundam, Mass Effect and Starship Troopers.
 
I have been reading various fics over the last few months and I would like to reccomend them. Most are quest fics.

http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-knights-quest-a-warhammer-fantasy-game-23.300017/

The tale of a brettonian knight. Possibly the longest running quest of its kind

http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-knights-quest-a-warhammer-fantasy-game-story-archive.308049/
the archive.

http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rise-a-warhammer-fantasy-game-9.302692/

Another Warhammer fantasy quest. Well in its 2nd year.

http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-dragon-of-the-north-knight-of-the-realm.3592/

An amazing GameofThrones/elderscrolls cross quest. The dragon born takes the place of Robb stark

http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/warhammer-fantasy-of-the-mists.5805/

Warhammer fantasy/Crusader kings strategy quest. Very very good writing by the author
 

PCHeintz72

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jwang said:
Hey guys, remember the really good Crest/Banner of the Stars fanfic Evolution? Looks like the author made a sequel, Furlough.
Was reading in excitement until you stated it was called Furlough... which came out almost 14 months ago.

Still a good story though.
 

jwang

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Sometimes, it takes going back to old sources to dig up new gems. I didn't even know about Furlough till I decided to go through some of my old favorites.
 

WizardOne

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That author writes some truly amazing fiction. Unfortunately, he writes for unpopular fandoms, and his work is rarely passed around. He's definitely in the top 0.1% of authors on FF.net, and probably in the bottom 0.1% for reviews per thousand words.

Very saddening.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
WizardOne said:
That author writes some truly amazing fiction. Unfortunately, he writes for unpopular fandoms, and his work is rarely passed around. He's definitely in the top 0.1% of authors on FF.net, and probably in the bottom 0.1% for reviews per thousand words.

Very saddening.
I first knew of him back wen Earth was still being written.

Good stuff.
 

pacifist

Well-Known Member
Familiar of zero/ Pokemon
Louise summons team rocket and it is glorious.

http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/team-zero.199749/
 
Corpse Party: Blood Drive Aftermath

A fanfiction continuing the events after Corpse Party: Blood Drive. Contains content from both Corpse Party games and manga.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10596223/1/Corpse-Party-Blood-Drive-Aftermath

It's slated as a hurt/comfort fic but it's got a fair bit of action, mystery, and some warm fuzzy moments. Mainly focused around Yoshiki and Ayumi with some Satoshi, Naomi, and Yuka. Niwa Aiko, Mizuki Magari and San from the "Corpse Party: Cemetery" manga pop up as well.

Style wise it's got Corpse Party's really detailed descriptions but takes a couple tips from Nasu and Urobuchi's writing.
 

okais

Well-Known Member
Re:Ocean
http://www.royalroadl.com/fiction/1014

Summary:
A random young man, caught in a freak event is eventually killed only to reincarnate in one of the most powerless forms possible… and thrive. Mostly inspired by Re:Monster.

A rather light hearted and quirky reincarnation story as a squid. I sorta sad how the author like to tease the reader with scenes that we cant read about but happened off screen like Monkey butler knife fights!
 
My apologies for this bump but I have a story to add as a recommendation! (If it hasn't been stated yet)

Genius In The Slave Quarters by moviefan-92

Summary: Bulma is an astronaut, until she lands on planet Vegeta and becomes a slave. With the prince as her master, she adapts to her life as a slave, using her intelligence to help the saiyans beat the tyrant Frieza while fighting her growing feelings for the saiyan prince and his seduction. COMPLETE

The story has some comedy in there, like what you'd expect to see sometimes when reading the manga/watching the anime. There's no abuse in this, by the way, with Bulma. Really well done in my honest opinion, and deserves at least a chance. Very good read. It's Bulma/Vegeta mostly and of course, an AU.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
whaddafuck, that's somehow purple despite me never reading a DB fanfic in my life.

Anyone else getting that?
 
Shirotsume said:
whaddafuck, that's somehow purple despite me never reading a DB fanfic in my life.

Anyone else getting that?
The link is purple because I made the text purple.

Like this:

Code:
[url=https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6632381/1/The-Genius-In-The-Slave-Quarters][color=purple]Genius In the Slave Quarters[/color][/url]
Copy and paste will make the link come up like this: Genius In the Slave Quarters Walla! /magic xD
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
oh. Why did you do that? o_O
 
Picori said:
Shirotsume said:
whaddafuck, that's somehow purple despite me never reading a DB fanfic in my life.

Anyone else getting that?
The link is purple because I made the text purple.

Like this:


Code:
[url=https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6632381/1/The-Genius-In-The-Slave-Quarters][color=purple]Genius In the Slave Quarters[/color][/url]
Copy and paste will make the link come up like this: Genius In the Slave Quarters Walla! /magic xD
She's a witch!  May we burn her?
 
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